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Commissioner Keigher - To Approve the Final Draft of the Gaston County 2035 Comprehensive Land Use Plan
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STAFF CONTACT
David L. Williams - Director - Planning and Development - 704-866-3473
BUDGET IMPACT
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BUDGET ORDINANCE IMPACT
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BACKGROUND
June 2014, the County Commission charged the Gaston County Planning Board with an update of the Comprehensive Plan for the County. The Board of Commissioner, to obtain a range of input, appointed a diverse Steering Committee to work directly with N-Focus Planning and Design of Kannapolis, NC, and Robyn Stuber, PhD, Land Use Planning Consultant in the plan development. Through a series of monthly meetings over an eighteen month period, ten County wide Citizen Input Meetings, the Steering Committee approved a draft plan on July 18, 2016, recommending it to the County Planning Board for its review. The Planning Board, in turn, reviewed the draft Comprehensive Land Use Plan, approving the draft plan on August 23, 2016, forwarding it to the County Commission with a recommendation for approval. After reviewing the final draft on September 13, 2016, the Board of County Commission instructed staff to set a public hearing date of September 27, 2016 to take citizen comment. The public hearing was conducted with comments being on file in the Commission Clerk's Office. The commission is requested to consider the public hearing comment, Planning Board recommendations and other pertinent information; then consider approving the Comprehensive Plan as presented.
POLICY IMPACT
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ATTACHMENTS
Resolution and Link to Final Draft 2035 Comprehensive Land Use Plan